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2005 2X2 Reading List

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The 2 X 2 Reading List is a project of the Children's Round Table, a unit of the Texas Library Association. The 2 X 2 Committee's selects a list of 20 recommended books for children, age two to grade two, after receiving suggestions from librarians, teachers, parents, students, and others.

Goose Moon Carolyn Arden, illustrated by Jim Postier Boyds Mills Press. Ages 5-8, E FIC ARD
How Many Kisses Do You Want Tonight? Varsha Bajaj, illustrated by Ivan Bates Little, Brown and Company. Ages 2-5, E FIC BAJ
Baby Danced the Polka Karen Beaumont, pictures by Jennifer Plecas Dial Books for Young Readers. Ages 2-4, E FIC BEA
Magic Thinks Big Elisha Cooper Greenwillow Books. Ages 4-6, E FIC COO
The Neighborhood Mother Goose Nina Crews Greenwillow Books. Ages 3-6, E FIC MOT
Minnie’s Diner: A Multiplying Menu Dayle Ann Dodds, illustrated by John Manders Candlewick Press. Ages 5-7, E FIC DOD
Where Is the Green Sheep? Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek Harcourt, Inc. Ages 2-5, E FIC FOX
Kitten’s First Full Moon Kevin Henkes Greenwillow Books. Ages 3-5, E FIC HEN
Actual Size Steve Jenkins Houghton Mifflin Company. Ages 5-8, E 591.41 JE
Armadilly Chili Helen Ketteman, illustrated by Will Terry Albert Whitman & Company. Ages 5-8, E FIC KET
Down on the Farm Merrily Kutner, illustrated by Will Hillenbrand Holiday House. Ages 2-5, E FIC KUT
Rooster=Gallo Jorge Luján, pictures by Manuel Monroy Groundwood Books. Ages 3-5, E FIC LUJ SPA ENG
Sing-Along Song JoAnn Early Macken, pictures by LeUyen Pham Viking. Ages 3-5
Millie Wants to Play! Janet Pedersen Candlewick Press. Ages 2-5, E FIC PED
The Biggest Soap Carole Lexa Schaefer, illustrated by Stacey Dressen-McQueen Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Ages 4-6, E FIC SCH
Little Raccoon’s Big Question Miriam Schlein, pictures by Ian Schoenherr Greenwillow Books. Ages 3-6, E FIC SCH
Seeds! Seeds! Seeds! Nancy Elizabeth Wallace Marshall Cavendish. Ages 5-8, E FIC WAL
Te Amo, Bebé, Little One Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Maribel Suárez Little, Brown and Company. Ages. 2-5, E FIC WHE
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale Mo Willems Hyperion. Ages 3-6, E FIC WIL
Teeth, Tails & Tentacles: An Animal Counting Book Christopher Wormell Running Press. Ages 3-8, E FIC WOR


For more information about this award visit the Texas Library Association's 2X2 Reading List Web page.

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